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mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. mr. sessions: we are still almost % unemployment rate. i don't see those -- mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey controls the time. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the answer is the economy has added over one million private sector jobs since the health care law was signed into effect. predictions of great job loss has turned out not to be the case. secondly, the gentleman made reference to the sort of great opposition to this law around the country. i frankly have not -- ms. slaughter: i yield another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding. the fact here is that despite this prediction of 800,000 jobs lost, in fact the economy has gained more than a million private sector jobs since this happened. i want to address one other thing he said. he said that our goal is to, quote, knock the republicans off their game. we do not think this is a game. we think 15 million une
mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. mr. sessions: we are still almost % unemployment rate. i don't see those -- mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey controls the time. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the answer is the economy has added over one million private sector jobs since the health care law was signed into effect. predictions of great job loss has turned out not to be the case. secondly, the gentleman made reference to the sort of great...
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mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. mr. sessions: we are still almost % unemployment rate. i don't see those -- mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey controls the time. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the answer is the economy has added over one million private sector jobs since the health care law was signed into effect. predictions of great job loss has turned out not to be the case. secondly, the gentleman made referencto the sort of great opposition to this law around the country. i frankly have not -- ms. slaughter: i yield another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding. the fact here is that despite this prediction of 800,000 jobs lost, in fact the economy has gained more than a million private ctor jobs since this happened. i want to address one other thing he said. he said that our goal is to, quote, knock the republicans off their game. we do not think this is a game. we think 15 million unemplo
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mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. mr. sessions: we are still almost % unemployment rate. i don't see those -- mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey controls the time. mr. andrews: reclaiming my time. the answer is the economy has added over one million private sector jobs since the health care law was signed into effect. predictions of great job loss has turned out not to be the case. secondly, the gentleman made reference to the sort of great opposition to this law around the country. i frankly have not -- ms. slaughter: i yield another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank my friend for yielding. the fact here is that despite this prediction of 800,000 jobs lost, in fact the economy has
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mr. andrews: i thank my fend for yielding. i hope we're beginning to urner in in the next two weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country and i hope, and i'm confident, that chairman rogers and mr. dicks are capable of striking a very sound compromise for the people of our country. here's where we are. when the fiscal year began on october 1, there were a series of resolutions that said let's
mr. andrews: i thank my fend for yielding. i hope we're beginning to urner in in the next two weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country and i hope, and i'm confident, that chairman rogers and mr. dicks are capable of striking a very sound compromise for the people of our country. here's where we are. when the fiscal year began on october 1, there were a series of resolutions that said let's
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mr. andrews: will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i've got a few minutes and i do appreciate the gentleman. secondly, the gentleman said, why are republicans now trying to get rid of this? why di we do something to fix the program? i would remind the american people that this is a report that went to the secretary of the treary over a year ago. and i would ask the question, why did the democrats, why did this administration continue a failed program? why did they continue it? that's because they were happy with it. . so they have a failure rate and thousands more harmed. that's why reblicans support it. this is a great bill, we're going to ask every single person to vote for this opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from new jersey. mr. andrews: i agree with my friend from texas that investing in transportation crting jobs and i would ask the gentleman if he would support the build america bill that offsets the deficit by cutting job
mr. andrews: will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i've got a few minutes and i do appreciate the gentleman. secondly, the gentleman said, why are republicans now trying to get rid of this? why di we do something to fix the program? i would remind the american people that this is a report that went to the secretary of the treary over a year ago. and i would ask the question, why did the democrats, why did this administration continue a failed program? why did they continue it? that's because...
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mr. andrews: will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i've got a few minutes and i do appreciate the gentleman. secondly, the gentleman said, why are republicans now trying to get rid of this? why did we do something to fix the program? i would remind the american people that this is a report that went to the secretary of the treasury over a year ago. and i would ask the question, why did the democrats, why did this administration continue a failed program? why did they continue it? that's because they were happy with it. . so they have a failure rate and thousands more harmed. that's why republicans support it. this is a great bill, we're going to ask every single person to vote for this opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from new jersey. mr. andrews: i agree with my friend from texas that investing in transportation creating jobs and i would ask the gentleman if he would support the build america bill that offsets the deficit by cutti
mr. andrews: will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i've got a few minutes and i do appreciate the gentleman. secondly, the gentleman said, why are republicans now trying to get rid of this? why did we do something to fix the program? i would remind the american people that this is a report that went to the secretary of the treasury over a year ago. and i would ask the question, why did the democrats, why did this administration continue a failed program? why did they continue it? that's...
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mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my dear friend from the district of columbia for yielding. one of the previous speakers said that he wanted to empower the parents of the district of columbia. i agree. i think we should empower the parents of the district of columbia to elect a representative who has a vote in this chamber. why don't we start with that? the irony of the proposition that this bill is allegedly about empowerment of adults in the district of columbia and their children comes from people who i assume would resist the notion that the representative of the district of columbia should have a vote in this chamber. and let me bring up some very recent history. under our majority, votes in the committee of the whole were in fact afforded to the gentlelady from the district of columbia. on the first day of the new majority it repealed her right and the rights of others from the territories to vote on matters in the committees of the whole. there is one issue in this bill. taxation without representation
mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my dear friend from the district of columbia for yielding. one of the previous speakers said that he wanted to empower the parents of the district of columbia. i agree. i think we should empower the parents of the district of columbia to elect a representative who has a vote in this chamber. why don't we start with that? the irony of the proposition that this bill is allegedly about empowerment of adults in the district of columbia and their children...
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mr. andrews: i thank my fend for yielding. i hope we're beginning to urner in in the next two weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country and i hope, and i'm confident, that chairman rogers and mr. dicks are capable of striking a very sound compromise for the people of our country. here's where we are. when the fiscal year began on october 1, there were a series of resolutions that said let's live under the budget that spent what last year spent. we lived under that budget until this time. that budget saves $41 billion below what the administration asked for last february. the majority, about 10 days ago, passed a bill that said it wants to spend $100 billion less than what was proposed by the administration last february. now, logical people would say we're very well on the way to a sensible compromise. we're on track to save $41 billion below what was requested. the majority wishes to spend $100 billion less than that. i'm certain that talented legislators like the chairman, like mr. dicks
mr. andrews: i thank my fend for yielding. i hope we're beginning to urner in in the next two weeks a season of compromise on this very important question before the country and i hope, and i'm confident, that chairman rogers and mr. dicks are capable of striking a very sound compromise for the people of our country. here's where we are. when the fiscal year began on october 1, there were a series of resolutions that said let's live under the budget that spent what last year spent. we lived...
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with that, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: i thank the speaker. i thank my friend from massachusetts for yielding. and our friend from georgia for managing the debate. there are 15 million unemployed americans as we meet this afternoon, and this is the 11th consecutive week that the majority has not brought to the floor a bill for us to work together to create an environment where small businesses and entrepreneurs could create jobs for our country. now, i do agree with the proposition that one of the ways that we could have jobs created by small businesses and entrepreneurs is to improve the country's fiscal standing and give us a low long-term interest rate in the long run and reducing our deficit is the key part of doing that. i think the issue is not if we reduce spending it's how we reduce spending. and i do think we should stop spending money
with that, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. andrews: i thank the speaker. i thank my friend from massachusetts for yielding. and our friend from georgia for managing the debate. there are 15 million unemployed americans as we meet this afternoon, and this is the 11th...
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mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. for at least 15 million americans this is another day without a job and tomorrow will be another friday without a paycheck. what are we doing? after 11 consecutive weeks of this majority producing not a word, not a bill, not one idea about how to create jobs, what we're doing this morning is debating whether or not to defund and get rid of national public radio. now, the excuse that we heard is, well, this will save money. a preliminary estimate from the congressional budget office says this will save zero. so what we are doing is spending the time of the country on whether to defund national public radio. here's what we should do instead. with gasoline prices approaching $4 a gallon at the pump, why don't we can sell out $40 billion in giveaways to the oil industry? why don't we take most of that money and use it to reduce the deficit? and why don't we take some of that money and use it to put americans back to work building clean water systems, schools, roads, research facilities an
mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding. for at least 15 million americans this is another day without a job and tomorrow will be another friday without a paycheck. what are we doing? after 11 consecutive weeks of this majority producing not a word, not a bill, not one idea about how to create jobs, what we're doing this morning is debating whether or not to defund and get rid of national public radio. now, the excuse that we heard is, well,...
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mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from colorado for yielding. mr. speaker, i would venture to say that if we went to a mall this afternoon in our country or a diner or some other place where people gather, maybe people waiting outside of school to pick up their kids, and said, what would you like to see congress work on this week? i think most of them would say, why don't you work together to create an environment where small businesses and entrepreneurs can create jobs? because there are 15 million uninsured -- unemployed americans that we need to put people back to work. others of them might say, i'm concerned about educating my children. i have college-age children and i'm looking at the cost of paying for college education and i'm extremely concerned i won't be able to educate my kids. others might say, i'm worried about my parent, my mom or my dad live with me and their prescription costs are going through the roof and it's a major problem for them. i'm worried about health care for my parents.
mr. andrews: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from colorado for yielding. mr. speaker, i would venture to say that if we went to a mall this afternoon in our country or a diner or some other place where people gather, maybe people waiting outside of school to pick up their kids, and said, what would you like to see congress work on this week? i think most of them would say, why don't you work together to create an environment where small businesses and...
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mr. andrews. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for your service. general petraeus, thank you for your heroic embrace of a couple of major problems for this country, and all that you've done to help solve them. i'm going to go back to mr. smith's questions about the metrics that you'll be looking at, and we should be looking at, to determine on the ground conditions that would determine the pace at which we would withdraw. i notice on the charts educators, page 16 of the document that is ansf capability in the field. these quality measures of police and afghan military readiness, are they going to play a central role in your determination of the on the ground circumstances? >> they do already, and they certainly will. we look very closely at the capability of the forces. we tried to make this as rigorous and absolute force right as we can. these are not measures of just quantitative items. in other words, it's not just today at 80% or better of their equipment, doesn't work, this and that. and also includes subjective evaluation of leadership in the
mr. andrews. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for your service. general petraeus, thank you for your heroic embrace of a couple of major problems for this country, and all that you've done to help solve them. i'm going to go back to mr. smith's questions about the metrics that you'll be looking at, and we should be looking at, to determine on the ground conditions that would determine the pace at which we would withdraw. i notice on the charts educators, page 16 of...
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mr. andrews, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome back and thank you for your continuing accessibility and openness to ideas. it is very much appreciated. i share mr. chairman klein's opinion there is a better way to get to our common goal of gainful employment of assuring taxpayers and students we're getting value for the dollar and urge you to continue working with us on those you have. i am appreciative of that. i want to ask some questions about no child left behind and what i hope is an equally collaborative effort to improve that law. are you in favor of instituting a growth model for measuring ayp? >> absolutely. so i'm to be -- we have to focus on growth and gain. and i'm happy to go into some depth about why that's important. but that is critically important to moving the country in the right direction. >> okay. i think that's something there is an awful lot of common ground on. secondly on no child left behind, your department has been extremely helpful in calling together leading educators and distance learning and
mr. andrews, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome back and thank you for your continuing accessibility and openness to ideas. it is very much appreciated. i share mr. chairman klein's opinion there is a better way to get to our common goal of gainful employment of assuring taxpayers and students we're getting value for the dollar and urge you to continue working with us on those you have. i am appreciative of that. i want to ask some questions about no child left behind...
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mr. andrews. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for your service. general petraeus, thank you for your her rowoic -- heroic embrace of a couple major problems for this country and all you have done to solve them. i want to go babbling to mr. smith's question about the -- back to mr. smith's question about the metrics we should look at to determine on the ground conditions that would determine the pace at which we would withdraw. i notice on the chart that you gave us, page 16 of the document that's ansf capability in the field, these quality measures of police and afghan military readiness, are these going to play a central role in your determination of the onthe ground circumstances? >> they do already. and they certainly will. we look very closely at the capability of the forces. we try to make this as rigorous and absolutely forthright as we can. these are not measures of just quantitative items. in other words, it's not just because they have 80% or better of their equipment, does it work, this and that. it also includes subjective evaluations o
mr. andrews. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for your service. general petraeus, thank you for your her rowoic -- heroic embrace of a couple major problems for this country and all you have done to solve them. i want to go babbling to mr. smith's question about the -- back to mr. smith's question about the metrics we should look at to determine on the ground conditions that would determine the pace at which we would withdraw. i notice on the chart that you gave us,...
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mr. andrews, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome back and thank you for your continuing accessibility and openness to ideas. it is very much appreciated. i share mr. chairman klein's opinion there is a better way to get to our common goal of gainful employment of assuring taxpayers and students we're getting value for the dollar and urge you to continue working with us on those you have. i am appreciative of that. i want to ask some questions about no child left behind and what i hope is an equally collaborative effort to improve that law. are you in favor of instituting a growth model for measuring ayp? >> absolutely. so i'm to be -- we have to focus on growth and gain. and i'm happy to go into some depth about why that's important. but that is critically important to moving the country in the right direction. >> okay. i think that's something there is an awful lot of common ground on. secondly on no child left behind, your department has been extremely helpful in calling together leading educators and distance learning and
mr. andrews, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome back and thank you for your continuing accessibility and openness to ideas. it is very much appreciated. i share mr. chairman klein's opinion there is a better way to get to our common goal of gainful employment of assuring taxpayers and students we're getting value for the dollar and urge you to continue working with us on those you have. i am appreciative of that. i want to ask some questions about no child left behind...
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let's move on mr. andrew tyri herk >> it will provide strategy to prove the long-run performance of the british economy. i'll mention another -- a number of concerns about the growth strategy in a moment. but in my view, we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. with every 1 pound in every 4 we spend is being foraged. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap between the parties actually on the state of the action requires to reduce the deficit is not so big. at least two-thirds of the adjustments have been signaled by the last chancellor of the exchequer in his budget a year ago. i regret that he's not in his place at the moment. it was courageous of him to set that deficit reduction plan out and those spending cuts out before the election. he did it. today, this chancellor has stuck to his plans to sort out the public finances and that's taken courage, too. and i think deserves our full support. i think
let's move on mr. andrew tyri herk >> it will provide strategy to prove the long-run performance of the british economy. i'll mention another -- a number of concerns about the growth strategy in a moment. but in my view, we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. with every 1 pound in every 4 we spend is being foraged. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap between the parties actually on...
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mr. andrew tirid. this budget will be judged on whether it keeps up on course to tackle the deficit and whether it provides the strategy to improve the long-run performance of the british economy. >> in my view we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. >> here, here. >> with every one pound in every four they spend has been foreign. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap between the parties actually on the scale of action to reduce the deficit has been done. two-thirds of the adjustment has been done by the counselor of the exchequer. i regret he's not in place at the moment. it was courageous of him to set that deficit reduction plan out and their spending cuts out before the election. he did it. today, this chancellor has stuck to his plans to sort out the public finances. and that's taken courage, too. and i think deserves our full support. i think he's done the right thing. i want to make three furt
mr. andrew tirid. this budget will be judged on whether it keeps up on course to tackle the deficit and whether it provides the strategy to improve the long-run performance of the british economy. >> in my view we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. >> here, here. >> with every one pound in every four they spend has been foreign. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap...
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mr. andrew tirid. this budget will be judged on whether it keeps up on course to tackle the deficit and whether it provides the strategy to improve the long-run performance of the british economy. >> in my view we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. >> here, here. >> with every one pound in every four they spend has been foreign. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap between the parties actually on the scale of action to reduce the deficit has been done. two-thirds of the adjustment has been done by the counselor of the exchequer. i regret he's not in place at the moment. it was courageous of him to set that deficit reduction plan out and their spending cuts out before the election. he did it. today, this chancellor has stuck to his plans to sort out the public finances. and that's taken courage, too. and i think deserves our full support. i think he's done the right thing. i want to make three furt
mr. andrew tirid. this budget will be judged on whether it keeps up on course to tackle the deficit and whether it provides the strategy to improve the long-run performance of the british economy. >> in my view we need to be clear, all of us, about one thing. we are living beyond our means as a country. >> here, here. >> with every one pound in every four they spend has been foreign. that overshadows everything else today. despite all the clash of party symbols, the gap...
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the newer appointment, mr. richard johns, a good friend of mine, also, very well known in our city and again, thank you for joining the historic preservation commission. your expertise will be of great value. we also have on our relocation commission, herb kahn, mr. kahn, thank you very much, your financial expertise will be of great value and you're a new appointment. thank you. and of course, my good friend, harry kim. harry, you've been around for a long, long time. you know this city very well and i know your experience will be of great value to us, too. and of course, florence cong, joining us for the first time on the city hall preservation advisory commission and she has recently been on our immigrant rights commission, as well. and being a contractor for the city, you'll look at every crack and you'll determine whether it's a new one or one to be maintained as a historical crack. i know your expertise will be very helpful. so, and thank you very much, everybody, for joining us, as well. is there anybody
the newer appointment, mr. richard johns, a good friend of mine, also, very well known in our city and again, thank you for joining the historic preservation commission. your expertise will be of great value. we also have on our relocation commission, herb kahn, mr. kahn, thank you very much, your financial expertise will be of great value and you're a new appointment. thank you. and of course, my good friend, harry kim. harry, you've been around for a long, long time. you know this city very...
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mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for two hours with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the republicans controlling the first hour and the majority controlling the next hour. the 30 minutes under the control of the senator from massachusetts. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor of the senate to discuss an issue that is critically facing the american people. mr. barrasso: it is the price of gasoline at the pump in this country. it is something that is, in my opinion, going to impact our economy, going to impact the economic recovery that we are all hoping would continue in this country, but with every penny that the cost of gasoline at the pump goes up, it's been estimated that that takes about $1 billion away from
mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for two hours with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the republicans controlling the first hour and the majority controlling the next hour. the 30 minutes under the control of the senator from...
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fueled by celebrities like oprah winfrey and jenny mccarthy to stop vaccinating children which mr. mnookin says is aou
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it's the garrett-himes-andrews-engel amendment. it will require the federal aviation administration to study alternatives to the new york-new jersey-philadelphia airspace redesign and prohibit the f.a.a. from continuing the implementation of the airspace redesign until a new study is submitted to congress. i have to take issue with what my friend, the chairman, said before. we have not found that there were hearings for this. this has been trying to -- they've been trying to jam this through and want less and less people to know about it. i forced them to come into my district. until that happened they didn't want any kind of input from the community. i have opposed this airspace redesign from day one and afforded its implementation every step of the way. time and time again the f.a.a. has ignored the concerns of my constituents in rockland county, new york. this plan, which will only save minutes on flight time, but it will disrupt the lives of thousands of residents in my district to live under the new flight path. as my constitu
it's the garrett-himes-andrews-engel amendment. it will require the federal aviation administration to study alternatives to the new york-new jersey-philadelphia airspace redesign and prohibit the f.a.a. from continuing the implementation of the airspace redesign until a new study is submitted to congress. i have to take issue with what my friend, the chairman, said before. we have not found that there were hearings for this. this has been trying to -- they've been trying to jam this through...
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mr. skipper, do you want to comment on that at all? >> that's what happened in this. same thing after andrew because the calvary was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah, and that's where on something you said e
mr. skipper, do you want to comment on that at all? >> that's what happened in this. same thing after andrew because the calvary was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah, and that's where on something you said e
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mr. skinner, do you want to comment on that at all. >> i think it's exactly what happened. it's the same thing after andrew because the cavalry was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah. and something you said earlier, mr. fugate, about getting supplies out there, meeting the needs. once you do that you don't have to start throwing debit cards or money around. >> the other issue is because the amount of funds we provide are really not designed to make people whole, the less money that we give them incrementally that takes away from the total amount, because it comes back to the issue if they lost eferl, don't have insurance, you want as much of that money going to their recovery not their immediate needs. this also comes back to the preservation of what the intense of these funds were. it's never been the intent of congress to make you whole after a disaster. it's to help you start recovery. if we're putting these funds out ahead of type and they're not getting
mr. skinner, do you want to comment on that at all. >> i think it's exactly what happened. it's the same thing after andrew because the cavalry was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah. and something you said earlier, mr. fugate, about getting supplies out there, meeting the needs. once you do that you don't have to start throwing debit cards or money around. >>...
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mr. skinner, do you want to comment on that at all. >> i think it's exactly what happened. it's the same thing after andrew because the cavalry was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah. and something you said earlier, mr. fugate, about getting supplies out there, meeting the needs. once you do that you don't have to start throwing debit cards or money around. >> the other issue is because the amount of funds we provide are really not designed to make people whole, the less money that we give them incrementally that takes away from the total amount, because it comes back to the issue if they lost eferl, don't have insurance, you want as much of that money going to their recovery not their immediate needs. this also comes back to the preservation of what the intense of these funds were. it's never been the intent of congress to make you whole after a disaster. it's to help you start recovery. if we're putting these funds out ahead of type and they're not getting
mr. skinner, do you want to comment on that at all. >> i think it's exactly what happened. it's the same thing after andrew because the cavalry was slow to arrive and the best way to treat the situation was to get funds out on the street as fast as possible whether you were eligible or not. >> yeah. and something you said earlier, mr. fugate, about getting supplies out there, meeting the needs. once you do that you don't have to start throwing debit cards or money around. >>...